#8CB4DF#8CB4DF

#8CB4DF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.076 H 250.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8CB4DF
RGB	rgb(140, 180, 223)
HSL	hsl(211, 56%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(211, 37%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(37.2%, 19.3%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -2.88, -25.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 26.04, 263.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0251 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.076 250.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4515, 43.5436, 76.0710)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8CB4DF #DFB78C

analogous

#8CDEDF #8CB4DF #8D8CDF

triadic

#8CB4DF #DF8CB4 #B4DF8C

tetradic

#8CB4DF #DF8CDE #DFB78C #8CDF8D

square

#8CB4DF #DF8CDE #DFB78C #8CDF8D

split-complementary

#8CB4DF #DF8D8C #DEDF8C

monochromatic

#3476BC #5C95D2 #8CB4DF #BCD3EC #E7EFF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#8CB4DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#8CB4DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8CB4DF

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8CB4DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8CB4DF	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4B5E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AADDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#70BEC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8cb4df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(140, 180, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.076 250.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0cae9',
    500: '#8cb4df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8cb4df;
$custom-light: #b0cae9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8cb4df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 140,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.084,
    "s": 56.463,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75653,
    "c": 0.0758,
    "h": 250.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8CB4DF

secondary

#EEE4D8

accent

#7621C4

background

#FBFCFE

surface

#F6F8FC

border

#D0D1D5

text

#111316

muted

#808284

Preview Lab

Preview with #8CB4DF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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